AN: Hello again everybody. When I am writing this my first week back in school is complete. (YAY) I got a pretty nice schedule so I will probably not die from exhaustion until the end of the year.

I did discoverer something disturbing. I am losing readers. I had Over 2000 hits in the first chapter then 763 in the second now I am down to 364 hits. What am I doing wrong please tell me.

Don't be afraid to make suggestions or requests. And feel free to criticize my work if you like.

Also i have edited the first chapter because i was not happy with it. Its pretty minor thing no story changing stuff.

On with the story.

Chapter 10 Battle at red dawn

Sarutobi sat in his office looking grimly at the man in front of him. The man hade long white hair and one red line below each eye. Today those were accompanied with a black eye courtesy of some lady who didn't like him peeping on her and the other women at the local bath house.

However that was not the reason Sarutobi looked at the man grimly but because of what he told him.

"Are you absolutely sure Jiraiya?" Sarutobi asked his student.

Jiraiya nodded. "Yes sensei there is no doubt. Two days ago twenty Iwa (Stone) ANBU were killed."

The Sandaime looked at his desk in thought. "Any idea who or what did it?" he asked.

Jiraiya sighed and shook his head. "No but my source got a Waugh description."

Sarutobi raised his head to look at Jiraiya. "So what does he look like?"

"He wore a black cloak but you could see some sort of red clothe beneath. He was about 6, 0 feet tall and he wielded a huge sword."

The sandaime's eyes widened. "That sound like the person who took Naruto away for three year's."

Jiraiya nodded. "It could be. But we have no proof and even if we did it would not matter."

Sarutobi nodded. "Yes it doesn't matter that he was here. Besides he helped Naruto and spared him from suffering for awhile." Sarutobi had a look of deep shame on his face. "I am the Hokage and I could not protect him from these fools."

Jiraiya walked around the desk and placed a hand on his sensei's shoulder. "Don't blame you're self sensei." He turned around and looked out the window. "I wonder what you would say if you saw how you're son is treated Minato."

Sarutobi turned around as well and looked at the yondaime's face. "He would probably be very disappointed in the people he sacrificed himself to save."

Jiraiya sighed at his sensei's words "Yeah and his wife would probably go ballistic."

Both men shuddered at the thought. "Uzumaki Kushina always was a bit...violent." Sarutobi said chuckling.

Jiraiya suddenly looked up a bit as if remembering something. "I wonder what happened to you-know-who."

Sarutobi turned to his student. "I don't know. But I find it strange that nobody have heard anything about him for twelve years. Or his wife." Sarutobi put a weird tone on the last word.

Jiraiya nodded and turned to his sensei. "Well I should probably go I got to do some research." He said giggling like a pervert and turned to leave.

"Go ahead but is there anything else about the person who killed those ANBU?" Sarutobi asked trying not to think about the latest book of his student.

Jiraiya stopped "Only one thing. They apparently only saw a bright flash and the only thing left of the ANBU was body parts and blood, lots of it. The Iwa shinobi has given him a nickname."

Sarutobi blinked. "Nickname?"

"Yes. He is called." Jiraiya paused and turned around for a dramatic effect. "Shinku ketsueki senkou."

Sarutobi's eyes narrowed "The Crimson blood flash."

At the bridge

Sasori looked Sasuke straight in the eyes. "Now I know why you looked familiar. You are Uchiha Sasuke, Itachi's otouto."

"Sasuke's eyes widened "You know Itachi?" he asked barley keeping his voice calm.

Sasori chuckled "Of course we are in the same organisation I don't see why I shouldn't? You seem interested in Itachi, but if I remember correctly you don't get along well."

Sasuke glared at Sasori with so much hate "Where is he? Answer me!"

Sasori chuckled again "Maybe later."

Sasuke saw red and charged Sasori with a battle cry.

"No you Idiot!" Zabuza shouted after him.

Sasuke didn't listen and rushed at the puppet master. Sasori raised his tail and swiped at Sasuke. Sasuke however teleported to Sasori and slashed at him. His katana only nicked his head however. Sasori retracted his tail trying to hit Sasuke who teleported out of the way.

Sasuke appeared next to Zabuza again. Zabuza hit Sasuke across the face knocking him down. Then he lifted him up by his collar. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THIN YOU ARE DOING!?" Zabuza yelled at the top of his lungs. "I don't care if you are an Uchiha from some noble ex-clan but you are not a one man team. You do as I say or you I will knock you out. Got it?"

Sasuke was glaring at the man. "Fine now let me go." Zabuza released him and turned to Sasori. "Let's go then." He flashed throe some hand seals at incredible speed. "Suiton: Suiryuudan no jutsu!" a giant dragon of water appeared and charged at Sasori. Sasori jumped back at the last minute and fired a volley of kunais from his mouth at Zabuza. The water dragon blocked most of them and Zabuza blocked the rest.

Sasori appeared to be unharmed but his cloak was torn off showing of his puppet body. It had a face on its back that looked like a demon and some sort of weird arm.

"Not bad now let's get started. He rushed at Zabuza on all four like a beast. Zabuza grabbed his sword and prepared to defend himself. Sasori swiped at him with his tail. Zabuza jumped over it and slashed at Sasori who deflected the slash with his tail. Sasuke flashed throe some hand seal and shouted. "Katon: Housekan no jutsu." He blew five fire balls at Sasori that hit dead on.

Sasori's tail shot out at Sasuke who teleported again. "Kuso it didn't work." He said and appeared behind Sasori and teleported again to dodge the tail.

Deidara launched two birds at Kakashi and Haku. Haku threw some senbons at them destroying them before they got close. Kakashi blew a giant fireball at him only to miss. "Kuso this guy is so annoying."

Deidara smirked and launched two bigger birds that dodged Haku's counter senbons. "Got you hmm." The birds blew up destroying part of the bridge. Kakashi and Haku leapt out from the cloud throwing sharp objects at Deidara. Deidara smirked and flew higher.

Kakashi was glaring at the blond. "Son of a bitch I hate this guy."

Haku nodded in agreement. "Maybe this will work." She flashed throe some one handed seals. "Hijutsu: Sensatsu Suishou" (Secret technique: Flying water needles) Haku stomped the ground twice and hundreds of needles appeared out of the water and flew at Deidara who alarmed threw explosives in every direction trying to stop his approaching doom. There was a collective explosion that covered the sky in smoke. Kakashi and Haku looked at the giant cloud hopping it was over.

Deidara appeared out of the cloud with some minor cuts. "Ha! Is that all you got hmm?"

Haku glared at him throe his mask. "Now I get why he is an S-class criminal."

Deidara smirked at the girl "Now let's get serious hmm" he started chewing on some clay with his hands.

Kakashi and Haku flashed throe hand seal crying out their attacks on the same time.

"Suiton: Suiryuudan no jutsu."

Two giant water dragons raised the water and lunged at Deidara. He just smirked and flew around dodging them.

"Enough time to show you some of my favourite art hmm." He did a ram seal and threw out five clay eagles that grew to Kakashi's size and flew at the duo.

Haku flashed throe some hand seal and shouted "Suiton. Mizu no Tate." (Water element: Shield of water) a huge wall of water appeared in front of her and took the blast but it still sent her flying and knocked off her mask.

"Got you little bitch hmm." He said.

Haku tried to sit up but the pain was preventing her. She felt something land on her head. It was a small clay spider.

"GO TO HELL YOU LITTLE BITCH HMM!" Deidara shouted and brought his right hand up in a half ram seal.

He suddenly heard a whooshing sound behind and sees something in the corner of his eye so he turned around. He saw an object two feet in front of him and before he could it flew past him cutting of his arm. He impressively only made a small grunt and glared despite having one of his limb removed.

"Who the hell did that hmm?" he looked around trying to see somebody who could have thrown it.

Haku grabbed the spider on her head and threw it into the water. The object landed in front of her. She instantly recognised it and whispered "Rebellion.Then that means." She looked at the end of the bridge and saw her saviour. "Naruto-niisan!"

Naruto smiled his trademark grin. "Yo everybody sorry I am late but I had to beat up some of Gato's thugs."

"You teme Jinchurriki I am going to kill you hmm." Deidara said angrily and reached for his clay. "I only got seven to eight shots left hmm."

Deidara launched a bird at Naruto. Naruto saw this and jumped away but was hit by the shockwave and collided with the railing

"You're so dead teme." Naruto jumped into the air and created a kage bushin and jumped off it then he made another, then another and another jumping his way to Deidara.

Kakashi looked on smiling behind his mask. "He is using kage bushin to reach him not bad Naruto."

Sasuke looked at the pile of wood that was left of Sasori's puppet. He teleported to it and tried to cleave it in two only to be forced to teleport away to avoid being stabbed by its tail. "What the? It can still move?"

A person appeared from the broken puppet and jumped backwards.

Zabuza glared at the hooded person. "Aka suna no Sasori. About time."

Sasori calmly removed the hood on his head. Zabuza's eyes widened. "What the hell?"

Sasuke looked at Zabuza confused. "What's wrong?"

"Sasori left Sunagakure about twenty years ago, but look at him he doesn't look a day over fifteen."

Sasuke looked at Sasori and was shocked. "How the hell?"

Sasori pulled out two scrolls from his sleeves. "Let's get going. I am anxious to test my newest puppets."

He opened the scrolls and two big puffs of smoke appeared. "I found them near the road in very bad shape but they were still usable."

Zabuza went white like a ghost. "Kami-sama. Meizu, Gozu." (KamiGod)

In front of him were the demon brothers in puppet form.

Sasuke looked at them confused. "Are the copies of the demon brothers we killed?"

Zabuza shook his head "He turned their bodies into puppets?"

Sasuke's eyes widened in shock.

"I am not blaming you for killing them. But you Sasori. To violate their remains in such a disgusting way."

Sasori narrowed his eyes at Zabuza. "They should feel honoured to be part of my collection. Life is to short now they live on forever."

Zabuza growled. "You son of a bitch."

The demon brother charged Zabuza with a chain between them trying their usual tactic. Zabuza only raised his sword and cut it off. He charged Sasori ready to kill him. Sasori flicked his pinkie finger and the head of Meizu opened and spit out hundreds of needles at Zabuza's back. Sasuke appeared in between and started spinning his sword really fast deflecting the needles. The demon brothers split up and dashed at the duo. Sasuke sheathed his katana and it started glowing blue."Time for my new technique." He made a quick thrust with out taking out the blade.

"Kenjutsu: Keibatsu katto!"(Sword technique: Judgement cut)

A blue sphere appeared around Meizu and he was torn to shreds. The other demon brother slashed at Zabuza with his claw. But Zabuza back flipped over him and made some hand seal. "Forgive me. Suiton Daibakufu no jutsu." A huge blast of water smashed Gozu into pieces and headed for Sasori who jumped away. Suddenly Sasuke appeared in front of him and slashed at his stomach. They both landed a few feet apart. Sasuke looked at Sasori confused. "I know I hit him why is there no blood?"

Sasori dusted off his cloak and turned to Zabuza. "It seems that they were of poor quality. You should make a good replacement however. He pulled out another scroll. "Now let's get serious."

Zabuza glared at him. "I am going to kill you."

Deidara launched another clay explosives at Naruto while going higher to avoid him.

"Kuso I will never catch him like this." Naruto thought annoyed while doing his best to dodge Deidara's explosives. He pulled out a shuriken and threw it at Deidara and made some hand seals and shouted "Shuriken kage bushin no jutsu!"

One shuriken became hundreds. They flew at Deidara who fired a bird to block them. It succeeded but covered him in a cloud of smoke obscuring his vision.

A rod connected to a chain extended it self from the smoke and wrapped it self around the leg of Deidara's clay bird.

Deidara looked down and saw that his clay bird started turning into ice. "What the hell hmm?" the bird's left wing was now frozen making it fall towards the ground. Deidara jumped off trying to summon another one but three kage bushins appeared from the smoke and grabbed him. "Get the hell off me hmm!" The bushins and Naruto gave him an evil smirk.

"No way. You're going down. Did you know that kage bushin is forbidden in Konoha? Here is another of the forbidden jutsus of Konoha." He made a ram seal and said. "Bakuretsu kage bushin no jutsu!" (Exploding shadow clone technique)

Deidara's eyes widened in shock and anger."How dare he try to blow me up?"The bushins exploded and Deidara was falling towards the water.

"Remember this well kid hmm." He whispered and made a half ram seal. "My art...is a bang." He crashed into the water disappearing.

Naruto landed on the bridge safely. He heard a poof and looked up and a big clay bird hovering in the air above him.

Sasori looked up at the bird and his eyes widened. "That son of a bitch he is going to kill us all."

Zabuza turned around and looked at the bird. "What is that?"

"Deidara's C3. It is going to kill us all. We can never out run the explosion."

Everyone on the bridge turned to Sasori with a look of horror on their faces.

The bird started falling.

"We have to push it away!" Kakashi screamed and started doing hand seal. Haku and Zabuza flashed throe identical seals. All three shouted out at the same time "Suiton: Suiryuudan no jutsu!"

Three giant water dragons rose from the water and collided with the bird. They were able to push it away making it fall into the water. It still exploded violently the shockwave almost sent them off the bridge. They watched in horror when a giant wave started heading towards them.

Haku jumped onto the water and slammed her hands down on it. "Hijutsu: Kooroi no umi. (Secret Technique: Sea of Ice) the water started to freeze. Naruto jumped onto the ice and grabbed Cerberus. "Naruto-niisan what are you doing?" Haku shouted. Naruto smirked and raised Cerberus into the air. "You can't do it alone Kurisutaru!" (Crystal) he slammed Cerberus onto the ice. The water started freezing even faster and was slowly stopping the wave.

Haku was panting heavily. Naruto grabbed her and jumped back onto the bridge and placed her away from the others "Stay here we got this." Haku nodded "Be careful." She said weakly.

Naruto walked over to the rest of the group. Kakashi was looked at him amazed. "He used so many high chakra cost ninjutsu and can still fight? Incredible. I only got one shot left then I am out."

Sasori pulled out his scroll again. "Shall we?" he summoned another one of his puppet. It had long purple hair and golden eyes. "I present the Sandaime Kazekage."

The party glared at Sasori. "Have you no respect for human life you teme?" Naruto asked pissed.

Sasori sent his puppet at them bringing out a huge clawed hand from it. Zabuza countered with a sword slash but was sent flying. "That thing is too dangerous we need to destroy it quickly." Kakashi made some hand seal and grabbed his right wrist. "Raikiri! (Lightning edge) "I just hope that I won't regret this." he rushed at the puppet. It spun around and opened its mouth sending out some strange substance. "The famous iron sand of the Sandaime." It turned into a sword and flew at Kakashi. Kakashi kept running and shoved his Raikiri throe the sword and reached the puppet. With one thrust he was able to destroy its core and tore it into pieces.

Sasori looked at Kakashi smiling slightly. "Just what you expected of the famous copy ninja. But you don't got any strength left."

Kakashi turned to Sasori panting. "I took a shot. Besides my team can take you." He dropped to one knee and pulled down his head band. "It's up to you three now."

Naruto and Sasuke nodded. Zabuza looked at Kakashi. "Look after Haku would you."

Kakashi nodded and jumped to the girl's side.

Sasuke looked at Zabuza. "He doesn't seem tired at all is he that much stronger than Kakashi-sensei?"

Sasori however was seeing something else. "He is sweating badly it's only acting he don't have much chakra left either."

Sasori sighed. "You sure are stubborn. To have to use myself." He tore off his cloak.

The group's eyes widened. "You turned you're own body into a puppet?" Zabuza asked not believing what he was seeing.

Sasori nodded calmly. "Yes why not? It is much better than my old one." He extended some knife like wings from his lower back. "Let us end this so I can restock on puppets."

Naruto was glaring so hard at Sasori "What do you think a human life is? Some sort of toy you can use to play with dolls?"

Sasori didn't even blink before answering "I told your friends. A human life is so short why not use it for something that will last longer?"

Naruto sealed Cerberus in his scroll and grabbed Rebellion and did the same. He pulled out the slightly bigger orange scroll and flipped it open. "You are sick let's end this." He swiped his hand over the scroll and two blades appeared he put away his scroll and grabbed them.

Sasuke looked at the blades curiously. "You are full of surprises dobe."

"Don't insult Naruto brat." Agni hissed.

"Or you will be sorry." Rudra added.

Kakashi and Sasuke went slack jawed while Zabuza chuckled. "So he gave you the duo swords." He said chuckling again.

Agni & Rudra looked at Zabuza. "Zabuza it's been ages." Agni said. "Yes how are you?" Rudra asked.

"I was fine until this guy appeared attacking us. He is in some organisation who is hunting jinchurrikis." He said turning serious.

Agni & Rudra went silent and glared at Sasori, and then their eyes flashed for a second. Agni was covered in flames and Rudra covered in wind.

"Our duty is to guard Naruto." Agni said in an angry voice. "That's right we can't let you hurt him." Rudra said equally angry.

"Thank you guys." Naruto said and raised Rudra above his head and held Agni in front of himself. "Now ikuso." (Let's go)

Naruto charged Sasori with Zabuza and Sasuke following close behind. Sasori dashed at them and brought up his hand and two pipes appeared from his palms. He released a huge gust of fire. Sasuke spun his blade deflecting the flames while Naruto slashed at them with Rudra blowing it back even stronger. Sasori leapt into the air only to see Zabuza trying to cleave him in two. He extended a rope from his stomach with a kunai at the end. It shot throe the hole in Zabuza's sword trying to stab him. Zabuza let go of the blade and grabbed onto the rope to avoid certain death. "Is every one of his damn weapons poisoned?"

Sasuke teleported and cut off the rope saving Zabuza from death. But the rope wrapped around his ankle and slammed him into the bridge. Sasuke coughed some blood but got back up.

Naruto jumped up and tried to cut Sasori with a cross slash. Sasori flew back a bit dodging the strike. Naruto didn't let up and charged. "Kenjutsu: Jettosutori-mu! (Sword technique: Jet stream) Sasori pulled out two katana to parry the onslaught of slashes. Naruto kept using the Kenjutsu and finally shattered the blades with another cross slash sending Sasori flying and crashing into the rail destroying his knife like wings.

Naruto shifted both swords into a reverse grip and raised them above his head. "Kenjutsu: Fuku!"(Sword technique: Crawl) he jabbed both blades into the ground sending a wave of fire at Sasori engulfing him in flames.

Naruto sighed in relief. "Finally about time he went down."

Then Sasori flew out of the flames and sent his rope at Naruto before he could react. The rope wrapped around his wrists forcing them together making him drop his blades. Sasori lifted him into the air and slammed him towards the bridge. He moved his finger a bit and the needles on the ground turned into a spike field.

Naruto was brutally slammed into the needles that penetrated his back causing him to scream in pain.

"No the poison!" Kakashi shouted. Zabuza and Haku were perfectly calm causing Sasuke to raise an eye brow. "Why aren't they worried the dobe just got injected with a deadly poison."

Naruto rolled over and started slowly pushing himself up choughing some blood. Sasori looked on shocked. "How can he possibly move? He should be dead already."

Naruto stood up shakily and brought his hand into a ram seal. He took a deep breath and shouted. The needles flew out of his back towards Sasori who just stepped aside.

Naruto turned and looked at Sasori with a smirk on his face. "Sorry doll man but poison doesn't work on me."

Sasori stiffened. "Doll man? Doll man!" He glared at Naruto. "How dare you insult my art you are nothing but a demon what would you know?"

Naruto growled "Art? You call turning humans into dolls art?"

"Of course I don't believe you would ever understand filthy demon." He raised his hands in front of himself. "Remember just because my poison doesn't work on you. It doesn't mean it won't work on others." He gave a flick of his right index finger and Gozu's head launched a storm of needles at Zabuza's back. Sasuke teleported between them and spun his katana deflecting them all.

Naruto rushed to grab Agni & Rudra who shouted at him to hurry.

Sasori moved his fingers and the one of the blades from his wings flew at Naruto.

Naruto rolled to the side and smirked at Sasori. His smirk vanished when he saw Sasori smiling. "It doesn't mean it won't work on others."Naruto snapped around with a look of fear on his face."He wasn't aiming at me." His fear was realised when the blade headed straight at Haku and Kakashi.

Kakashi pulled out two kunais and tried to parry the blade. But the blade cut the kunais in half with ease. Time seemed to slow down to snail phase. Naruto watched as the blade dug into Haku's stomach making her give blood chilling scream of pain.

"HAKU!!" Zabuza screamed dashing towards her. He grabbed her and told her to hang on. Haku gave him a sad smile and whispered with tears in her eyes" I-I am sorry Zabuza-sama." Zabuza could feel Haku's life slowly ebb away until she went completely still. No pulse. No heart beat. No breathing. No life.

"HAKU!!!" Zabuza shouted his voice full of pain echoing accros the bridge.

Kakashi felt a sense of dread, because Zabuza's scream awoken painful memories of the death of his friend and Rin's scream of "OBITO!!!"

Sasuke was griping his blade so tightly his knuckles were tuning whit. Memories of his family getting killed flashed before his eyes.

And Naruto. Naruto saw every moment he spent with Haku flash before his eyes. "No. No. NO!" he screamed tears running down his face. Kyuubi felt her heart break by her musuko's scream. "Naruto." She said quietly

Zabuza looked at Naruto with misty eyes. "I know how close you were. Why did this have to happen?"

Sasori opened a shutter on his chest and strings shot out. And for each string a puppet appeared. He looked at the party. "Do not worry. She will live on forever as a part of my collection. And you will follow after."

Naruto slowly got back up on his feet. "Shut up." He said silently.

Sasori smirked. "Ah you want to see her first. I will turn her into a puppet then maybe have her kill you slowly."

"Shut up!" Naruto said louder this time. "You sick monster and they call us demons heartless."Kyuubi said inside Naruto's mind disgusted by the puppeteer.

"I told you life is to short. But soon you will be together again as my tools." Sasori said laughing.

Naruto turned around and roared "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!" he shouted in a demonic voice and was covered with Kyuubi's chakra and gave of killer intent that reached miles away.

The people of Konoha panicked believing that the demon had returned causing chaos throe the village.
In Iwa a cloaked figure felt the chakra while the other seemed unaffected. He dashed out of the bar with the owner yelling at him to pay the bill. "Naruto what the hell is going on?" He thought and ran as fast as he could towards the source praying for his Otouto safety.
A few miles from Konoha a cloaked figure looked in the direction of the killer intent. "Is it him?" one of his companions asked.

He nodded "Yes."

"He will not be an easy opponent." Another spoke up.

The cloaked one chuckled. "I hope so it's boring when they are weak."

The party at the bridge was paralysed by the killer intent.

Naruto was soon covered in a sphere of demonic chakra. "It is time it seems I just hope it is not too soon."Kyuubi thought feelingher chakra flow throe her son.

The sphere started to crack and then broke completely. The people on the bridge could now see Naruto. At least the thought it was him. Out of the sphere stepped something.

His body looked shadowy like it was made of darkness from the abyss and the red coat Naruto wore now looked like armour skin glowing red. He had two black fox tails flowing behind him and two black fox ears sticking out of his black hair on his head. His eyes were red and slitted.

Agni & Rudra looked on silently. "Brother. Is that?" Rudra asked quietly. "Yes brother." Agni said quietly as well. "It is...the Devil trigger."

Super cliff hanger no jutsu

AN: Well here you go another chapter.

I said it before but I will say it again. It seems like I am losing reader. What should I do?

And if you don't get what I mean by "His body looked shadowy" think Naruto four tails mode or Anti-form Sora from kingdom hearts 2.

School is a bitch.